Stunning images: How the UN achieved its goals

Prakash Hatvalne from Bhopal was awarded the first prize under the 'education' goal for his photograph showing a young boy climbing up the stairs of his school in Bhopal.

"The light was very bright," Hatvalne said, recalling waiting outside a shop on a hot summer day when he noticed the boy climbing the stairs at a nearby school with his school bag strapped to his back.

"The boy dressed in white on the old black steps really attracted me as a photographer and I started clicking," he added.

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Image: A young boy climbs the stairs of his school in BhopalPhotographs: Prakash Hatvalne

Stunning images: How the UN achieved its goals

Piyal Adhikary, also from India, won the award for her photograph called 'Vaccination Mission' showing Radha Das, a social health activist, giving Hepatitis B vaccine to a child at a rural health centre. The image was chosen for depicting the goal of reducing child mortality.

Stunning images: How the UN achieved its goals

The winning snaps were selected under the different goals and divided between professional and amateur photographers. The winning photographs were picked from 3,000 photos submitted by more than 1,400 contestants.

Stunning images: How the UN achieved its goals

Partha Patim Saha's picture, which showed children taking a break from class at their newly-established primary school in north-eastern India, won the amateur photographer's prize under the 'Education' goal.

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Image: Children take a break from class at their newly-established schoolPhotographs: Partha Pratim Saha

Stunning images: How the UN achieved its goals

Joydeep Mukerjee won for a photograph called 'Equal Work', showing a woman joining her two male co-workers at a brick kiln in West Bengal. The image was also selected in the amateur category of the goal to achieve 'Gender equality and women's empowerment'.

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Image: A woman joins her two male co-workers at a brick kilnPhotographs: Joydeep Mukherjee

Stunning images: How the UN achieved its goals

Saikat Mukherjee's work, 'Hand in hand' -- showing fishermen from West Bengal and Orissa working together to bring their catch -- also won the award in the amateur category for showing 'global partnerships to promote development'.

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Image: Fishermen work together to bring in the sea's harvestPhotographs: Saikat Mukherjee